fairly regular. Colour, pale yellowish-green with rarely 

 a faint flush. Flesh, crisp, yellow, juicy, rather acid. 

 Eye, open, in a shallow, wide basin, slightly plaited. 

 Stem, short and thick in a moderately deep regular, 

 russeted cavity. Growth, strong, rather spreading ; 

 fertility, poor. Leaf, large, round, sharply pointed, 

 curved serrate, held down, flat. Origin, uncertain. 

 Generally considered by pomologists as identical with 

 Blenheim Orange, but is distinct from that in many 

 respects. 



Woodstock Pippin (error) : see Blenheim Orange. 

 Woollaton Pippin : see Court Pendu Plat. 



WORCESTER PEARMAIN. Her. Pom., P. 2. 

 Dessert, September to October, medium, 2j by 2j, 

 round conical, regular. Colour, bright crimson on 

 golden-yellow ground. Flesh, crisp, greenish, very 

 sweet, with a pleasant strawberry flavour. Eye, 

 closed, in a shallow ribbed basin. Stem, short, in a 

 rather narrow russeted cavity. Growth, moderate ; 

 very regularly fertile. Leaf, rather pale, oval, upfolded, 

 undulating, coarsely serrate. Originated at Swan Pool, 

 near Worcester, by a Mr. Hale, Introduced by Messrs. 

 Smith, of Worcester, in 1874. An esteemed market 

 variety, seldom failing to crop. The flavour of this 

 fruit is greatly underrated by many, as it is usually 

 gathered and eaten far before it is ripe. Makes a neat, 

 round-headed standard. 



Worling's Favourite : see Beauty of Kent. 



WORMSLEY PIPPIN. Ronalds, P. 3. (Knight's 

 Codlin.) Culinary, September to October, fairly large, 

 3j by 2|, flat conical, regular. Colour, yellow with 

 orange flush. Flesh, crisp, yellowish, sub-acid, Eye, 

 open, in a rather deep ribbed basin. Stem, short, 

 in a deep russet cavity. Growth, vigorous ; fertility, 

 fair. Leaf, large, oval, bi-serrate. Origin, raised by 

 Mr. T. A. Knight, and introduced in 1811. Seldom 

 grown now. 



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